Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi SLR Review

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Digital Features & Controls

The "digital half" of the EOS Digital Rebel is on the back. Here you'll find
the 2.5-inch color LCD for displaying camera settings, accessing the menus and reviewing
captured images. The two buttons in the upper right are for index and enlarged playback
functions. The Av+/- button is for setting the aperture value or exposure compensation.
Below that is the drive mode button.
The 4-way controller lets you
navigate menus and select images during playback. In record mode the "Up" button is
used to change the ISO values and the "Down" button changes white balance settings.
The "Left" button changes metering modes and the "Right" button changes the AF mode.
Below the 4-way controller is the CF card activity light. Above the LCD to the left
is the Print/Share button, and between the LCD and viewfinder is the Display-off
sensor that turns-off the LCD when you place the camera to your eye.

Buttons to the left of the color LCD are:

DISP - In record it displays all camera and exposure settings (see it below),
in playback it toggles the different review modes (see next page), in trimming mode it rotates the frame

MENU - Toggles the menu on/off

JUMP - In playback it jumps 10 or 100 pictures ahead

PLAY - Puts camera into playback mode

DELETE - Erase images

The XTi eliminates the monochrome data display that was on the back of the XT,
instead displaying the complete set of camera settings on the large 2.5-inch color LCD monitor.
Shutter speed, Aperture, ISO,
Shooting mode, Exposure level indicator, Exposure bracketing, Flash exposure compensation,
White balance, Metering mode, AF mode, Drive mode,
Custom function, White balance correction, White balance bracketing, AF point selection, Monochrome shooting, Beeper, Red eye reduction
Image-recording quality, Battery condition and # of pictures remaining can be seen at a glance.
The information display is turned off by by the Display-off sensor when the camera is raised
to your eye, or it can be manually turned-off by depressing the DISP button.

The Monochrome Color Style's Sharpness and Contrast can also be adjusted, plus a
Filter effect of None, Yellow, Orange, Red or Green, and a Toning effect of None, Sepia,
Blue, Purple or Green.

Metering, ISO, Autofocus and White Balance Menu's

Digital Rebel XTi's settings for ISO, Metering mode, AF mode and White balance are directly accessible from
the buttons of the 4-way controller, and not available in the shooting menu as they were
on the Rebel XT.

The metering system can be set for Evaluative, Partial (9%) or Center-weighted average.

In the Creative Zone, ISO can be set in the range of 100 to 1600.

One-shot AF focuses once when the shutter is half-depressed, good for still subjects. AI Servo AF
focuses continuously while the shutter button is half-depressed, good for moving subjects.
AI Focus AF focuses once when the shutter is half-depressed and switches to AI Servo AF if subject movement is detected,
good for subjects that move unpredictably.

White balance selections include Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Flash and Custom.
The Custom white balance is set in the Record menu (above).

Custom Functions

C. Fn

Custom Function

No.

Setting

01

SET button/Cross Key Functions

0

Picture Style

1

SET: Quality

2

SET: Flash exposure compensation

3

SET: Playback

4

Cross Keys: AF frame selection

02

Long Exposure Noise Reduction

0

Off

1

Auto

2

On

03

Flash Sync. Speed in AV Mode

0

Auto

1

1/200 sec. (fixed)

04

Shutter Button/AE Lock Button

0

AF/AE lock

1

AE lock/AF

2

AF/AF lock, no AE lock

3

AE/AF, no AE lock

05

AF-asist Beam

0

Emits

1

Does not emit

2

Only external flash emits

06

Exposure Level Increments

0

1/3-stop

1

1/2-stop

07

Mirror Lock up

0

Disable

1

Enable

08

E-TTL II

0

Evaluative

1

Average

09

Shutter Curtain Sync.

0

1st-curtain sync.

1

2nd-curtain sync.

10

Magnified view

0

Image playback only

1

Image review and playback

11

LCD display when power ON

0

Display

1

Retain power OFF status

Setup Menu

Auto power off - 30 secs, 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 minutes or Off

Auto rotate - Enable auto rotation of portrait mode images in camera, on computer or both

LCD brightness - LCD back light intensity, 7 levels

LCD auto off - Enable or Disable the display-off sensor from turning the LCD off

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